About Waring

Since its founding in 1972 by Josée and Philip Waring as an alternative approach to schooling, Waring has set itself apart by its commitment to creating an environment where learning can thrive. We strive to maintain a culture that honors and supports the human desire to learn.

Admissions

"As I entered college I was amazed by how well Waring had prepared me. At first it wasn't obvious: I had no idea what it would be like to have 1600 classmates, or suddenly to receive grades! But as the classes started up, I realized that Waring had endowed me with the ability and courage to speak up, to be a leader in countless ways, and to be a positive presence in a community. Waring is not like college: in college, professors may not reach out to students to ensure success, as they do at Waring. But Waring teaches us how to take the initiative to reach out, whether to professors, classmates, or anyone in the community; that skill is invaluable."

Academics

Waring offers a full program of intellectual, aesthetic, and physical activities for its students. The program balances academic rigor with breadth and asks all students to work not only in Humanities, Math, Science, French, Art, and Writing, but also in Theater, Athletics, Music, Travel, and short-term intensives like Camping Trip and the Endterm program.

Athletics

“Waring sports teams maintain a competitive attitude against other teams while fostering a huge amount of support and love for each other. I feel confident in my abilities as an athlete post-Waring, but I also feel confident in my ability to be a good teammate. This relates back to the classroom, and any environment because Waring sports has helped me become a good peer."

Arts

At Waring we believe that finding your voice through small studio arts and crafts, musical study, and theatrical production, will help you find your voice in the world. We ensure that many forms of art are incorporated in students daily lives in order to foster a love of culture and the world around us. Whether practicing a violin concerto, printmaking in the studio, discovering the world through a camera lens, or acting in a classic or avant-garde production, the Waring Arts program has something for everyone. Here, you will often spot musicians rehearsing in their soccer uniforms or students jogging from Chemistry lab to Theater rehearsal.

Co-Curricular

Waring School’s educational program is based on the premise that, in order to learn, students must be challenged with worthy intellectual material, exciting creative projects and ample opportunities to display their talents and expand their ideas through meaningful interactions with peers and adults.

Support Waring

As an independent school, Waring does not receive grants or aid from federal, state or local governments. Tuition only covers a portion of the actual cost of each student’s education. Tax-deductible contributions to the Waring Fund make up the difference.

International Students

Welcome,

Waring is a school driven by ideas and rooted in personal relationships. Waring School is seeking to broaden its close-knit student body with the addition of a few select International Students. We are very excited by the possibilities for our existing students to form relationships with students from abroad, as well as the opportunities opened up to those International Students by a Waring education.

Learning at Waring School is based on the enthusiastic sharing of ideas and perspectives, whether in response to great literature, in the understanding realized in a science lab, through artistic expression in the studio, or on the stage. A student body that is diverse in culture and nationality will make the process of discovery and learning richer and deeper for all of us. Waring’s intentional effort to broaden the range of our collective student voice ensures that our International Students will be integral and highly valued members of our community.

The Waring experience is unique and immersive in many ways. A very small school size, All-School Meetings, an annual Camping Trip, the exchange program with Angers, France, Endterm, and Junior Trip are some examples of how our pedagogy promotes bonding within the community. Teachers, faculty, students, and parents collaborate to create an engaging, accepting and joyful learning environment. We know and address one another by first names here. The nurturing environment and high expectations we provide produce confident and capable critical thinkers and problem solvers. Students are motivated to do their best because their teachers are engaged and caring. Waring students are active learners, expected to express themselves in every class – this in itself is an aspect of a Waring education that can be of significant benefit to non-native English speakers. Our graduates are notably eloquent and confident in their self-expression.

Waring is excited to offer our International Students a unique living component that aligns perfectly with our overall educational approach. Students will build deep relationships not only with their American counterparts, but also with the supportive and involved families that are integral to the school; their immersion into American life will be far greater than it would be in a traditional boarding school setting, which doesn't offer significant family involvement and can allow International Students to become isolated. The cultural competencies our program will foster will be key to student success in college and the increasingly global workforce. At Waring our students are “all in” academically and the cultural exchange will be “all in” as well!

As you browse the rest of our website, you will become familiar with Waring’s rigorous college-prep programs in Humanities, French, Math, and Science. You will understand that there is an emphasis at this school on developing the whole student through required participation in Visual and Performing Arts, Athletics, Theatre, and Chorus. International Students at Waring will forge meaningful relationships with American students and their families. They will engage deeply with rich curriculum and dedicated faculty, discovering their own voices and passions in the process. The backdrop for this journey will be the North Shore of Massachusetts, about 1/2 hour from Boston, one of the most historically rich places in the nation and one of the most significant hubs of higher education in the world.

We look forward to seeing you here!

Yew Cheong Tham

Waring School Board of Trustees

International Relations

Tuition and Fees

Tuition for the 2018-2019 school year has been set as follows:

Grades 6-12 (Core-Groups 5): $35,900 USD

This tuition and other fees do not include the housing program.

Payment of Tuition and Other Fees:

Tuition for 2018-2019 has been set at $35,900 USD. This does not include charges for books, supplies, and fees that are $500 USD annually. Tuition is payable on or before August 1, 2018. There is a $2,500 USD international student fee. 11th grade students travel to Europe in May, there is a $1,900 USD charge for this trip. This provides airfare from US to Paris to home city in Asia. Tuition is payable before an I-20 is issued.

A deposit of $3,200 USD is required to reserve a seat upon admittance, this amount is credited against tuition.

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The Waring School offers a highly demanding college-preparatory education, for grades 6-12, which stresses liberal arts in the setting of a supportive school community. The Waring atmosphere is one in which both teachers and students want to learn and believe that school is not an end in itself but is the beginning of a lifelong learning process.